Boxing, the gym, and men : the mark of the fist /: the mark of the fist. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jérôme Beauchez.
• Authors: Beauchez, Jérôme
• Contents: PART I: In Private: Where the Blows Resound1. The Stranger: Portrait of the Boxer as a Young Man2. Incorporating the Novice: The Elementary Forms of the Boxing Experience3. The Punching Factory: Boxers and Daily Life4. When Boxers "Put on Gloves": Sparring and the Limits of the Fighter's InstitutionalizationPART II: Facing the Other: Trials of the Self5. Counting the Blows: The Mark(s) of Exile6. "Like a Man": Facing Adversity7. Boxing vs. the "Poor Life"8. The Clash of the Strongmen: Fighting in Public9. Conclusion: A Boxer's Becoming: Encountered Lives.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 796.83; Boxing -- Social aspects; Masculinity -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319560298
• Related ISBNs: 9783319560281
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